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kleinbl00 · 3152 days ago · link · · parent · post: Study has revealed that 90% of the population can be classified into four basic personality types: Optimistic, Pessimistic, Trusting and Envious
This is impressive. So they took a survey and parsed it for trends. And then failed to parse it fully into trends. That's not a result, that's a failed model.The study analyzed the responses of 541 volunteers to hundreds of social dilemmas, with options leading to collaboration or conflict with others, based on individual or collective interests.
There is a fifth, undefined group, representing 10%, which the algorithm is unable to classify in relation to a clear type of behavior.